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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9483 — Engie/Powerlines) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, energy grid, energy industry, gas industry, merger control, rail transport








C_2019285EN.01000301.xml










23.8.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 285/3






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9483 — Engie/Powerlines)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 285/04)

1.   
On 16 August 2019, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


Engie S.A. (France, ‘Engie’),










—


Powerlines Group (Austria, ‘Powerlines’)




Engie acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Powerlines.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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Engie is an industrial company active in the fields of gas, electricity and energy services. It is active throughout the entire energy-value chain,










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Powerlines is active in rail electrification and overhead line solutions mainly in the United Kingdom, Germany and Austria and is active in energy transmission and distribution lines installation in Germany and Austria.






3.   

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.



4.   
The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:
M.9483 — Engie/Powerlines
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:





Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu




Fax +32 22964301




Postal address:




European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË







(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).
Case C-631/19 P: Appeal brought on 23 August 2019 by Sigrid Dickmanns against the order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 11 June 2019 in Case T-538/18, Sigrid Dickmanns v European Union Intellectual Property Office
Date: 2019-08-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: competition (EU), discretionary power, equal treatment, servant (EU), temporary employment, termination of a contract, termination of employment, work contract








C_2020095EN.01001001.xml










23.3.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 95/10






Appeal brought on 23 August 2019 by Sigrid Dickmanns against the order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 11 June 2019 in Case T-538/18, Sigrid Dickmanns v European Union Intellectual Property Office
(Case C-631/19 P)
(2020/C 95/08)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: Sigrid Dickmanns (represented by: H. Tettenborn, Rechtsanwalt)

Other party: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
By order of 5 February 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (Sixth Chamber) dismissed the appeal and ordered the unsuccessful party to bear its own costs.
Case C-629/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 23 August 2019 — Sappi Austria Produktions-GmbH & Co KG and Wasserverband ‘Region Gratkorn-Gratwein’
Date: 2019-08-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: by-product, environmental protection, sewage sludge, wastewater, water treatment








C_2019399EN.01002301.xml










25.11.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 399/23






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 23 August 2019 — Sappi Austria Produktions-GmbH & Co KG and Wasserverband ‘Region Gratkorn-Gratwein’
(Case C-629/19)
(2019/C 399/27)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellants: Sappi Austria Produktions-GmbH & Co KG, Wasserverband ‘Region Gratkorn-Gratwein’

Defendant authority: Landeshauptmann der Steiermark

Questions referred







1.


Is sewage sludge to be regarded as waste in light of the exclusion under Article 2(2)(a) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (1) in conjunction with Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment and/or the Sewage Sludge Directive, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008? (2)











2.


If the first question is answered in the affirmative:






 


Does Article 6(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives permit a substance to be classified as a by-product within the meaning of the concept of waste under EU law if, for process-related reasons, other substances which would otherwise have to be regarded as waste are added to that substance in a small proportion, if this has no effect on the composition of the substance as a whole and provides a significant benefit to the environment?










(1)  OJ 2008 L 312, p. 3.

(2)  OJ 2008 L 311, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2019-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2019285EN.01000201.xml










23.8.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 285/2






Euro exchange rates (1)

22 August 2019
(2019/C 285/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1083 




JPY


Japanese yen


118,13 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4558 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,91150 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,7188 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0905 




ISK


Iceland króna


138,30 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,9390 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,784 




HUF


Hungarian forint


327,79 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3643 




RON


Romanian leu


4,7223 




TRY


Turkish lira


6,3875 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6380 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4722 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,6889 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7380 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5361 




KRW


South Korean won


1 340,99 




ZAR


South African rand


16,8177 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8523 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3928 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 777,10 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6421 




PHP


Philippine peso


57,985 




RUB


Russian rouble


72,7560 




THB


Thai baht


34,130 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,4717 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,8622 




INR


Indian rupee


79,5890 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-583/19: Action brought on 23 August 2019 – Electrolux Home Products v EUIPO – D. Consult (FRIGIDAIRE)
Date: 2019-08-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, household electrical appliance, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2019348EN.01001801.xml










14.10.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 348/18






Action brought on 23 August 2019 – Electrolux Home Products v EUIPO – D. Consult (FRIGIDAIRE)
(Case T-583/19)
(2019/C 348/19)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Electrolux Home Products, Inc. (Charlotte, North Carolina, United States) (represented by: P. Brownlow, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: D. Consult (Wattignies, France)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark FRIGIDAIRE - European Union trade mark registration No 71 241

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 June 2019 in Case R 166/2018-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










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annul the decision of the Cancellation Division of 23 November 2017 in Cancellation No 11921 C to revoke the European Union trade mark in relation to clothes dryers, washing machines, dishwashers and ranges;










—


maintain the European Union trade mark registered in respect of clothes dryers, washing machines, dishwashers and ranges;










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order the defendant to bear its own costs and pay those of the applicant.





Pleas in law







—


The Board wrongly applied the law in finding that the use of the European Union trade mark as evidenced by sales of clothes dryers, washing machines, dishwashers and ranges by the applicant to US military bases in Germany and Belgium did not amount to use of the European Union trade mark for the purposes of Article 58 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










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The Board wrongly applied Article 58 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council by failing to take account of the applicant's evidence of use in the form of sales to Johann Fouquet GmbH when considering the totality of the applicant's use of the European Union trade mark in relation to the clothes dryers, washing machines, dishwashers and ranges;










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The Board wrongly applied Article 58 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council by failing to take account of the Applicant's evidence of use in the form of use on social media when considering the totality of the Applicant's use of the EUTM in relation to clothes dryers, washing machines, dishwashers and ranges.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9437 — Würth Group/GES) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-08-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: building materials, building services, distributor, economic concentration, electrical equipment, household article, household electrical appliance, merger control, wholesale trade








C_2019318EN.01000201.xml










23.9.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 318/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9437 — Würth Group/GES)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 318/03)
On 23 August 2019, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32019M9437. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-630/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Arbitral Tributário (Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa — CAAD) (Portugal) lodged on 23 August 2019 — PAGE Internacional Lda. v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira
Date: 2019-08-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, economic activity, expenditure, principle of proportionality, tax relief, taxpayer








C_2019383EN.01004601.xml










11.11.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 383/46






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Arbitral Tributário (Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa — CAAD) (Portugal) lodged on 23 August 2019 — PAGE Internacional Lda. v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira
(Case C-630/19)
(2019/C 383/55)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Tribunal Arbitral Tributário (Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa — CAAD)

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: PAGE Internacional Lda.

Defendant: Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira

Question referred

Must Article 168(a) and Article 176 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC (1) of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax and the principles of VAT neutrality and of proportionality be interpreted as meaning that the Portuguese legislature is entitled, under Article 21(1)(d) and 21(2)(d) of the Código do Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado (Value Added Tax Code), as approved by Decree No 394-B/84 of 26 December 1984, to limit the deductibility of the input VAT on expenditure on food to 50 %, even where the taxable person demonstrates that all that expenditure has been fully applied to the carrying on of its taxed economic activity?


(1)  Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1).
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2019-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Campania, Italy, State aid, control of State aid








C_2019286EN.01001101.xml










23.8.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 286/11






Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I of the Treaty)
(2019/C 286/02)







Date of adoption of the decision


03.07.2019




Aid number


SA.53464 (2019/N)




Member State


Italy




Region


CAMPANIA


Article 107(3)(a)




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


PSR Campania 2014/2020 — 16.7.1 — Sostegno a strategie di sviluppo locale di tipo non partecipativo — Az B — progetti fuori dall'applicazione dell''art. 42 del TFUE




Legal basis


DGR 600/18- PSR Campania 2014/2020 ver 6.1
Progetto di decreto dirigenziale per l''attuazione della 16.7.1 azB per la cooperazione forestale e nelle zone rurali




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Aid for co-operation in forestry sector, Aid for co-operation in rural areas




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 15 (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 7.5 (in millions)




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


until 31.12.2020




Economic sectors


AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY AND FISHING




Name and address of the granting authority


Regione Campania- Direzione Generale politiche agricole
CDN isoal A/6 80141 Napoli




Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.
Case T-335/19: Order of the General Court of 23 August 2019 — Cantieri del Mediterraneo v Commission
Date: 2019-08-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Campania, Italy, State aid, control of State aid, harbour installation, maintenance, modernisation aid








C_2019357EN.01004402.xml










21.10.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 357/44






Order of the General Court of 23 August 2019 — Cantieri del Mediterraneo v Commission
(Case T-335/19) (1)

(2019/C 357/54)
Language of the case: Italian
The President of the First Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 246, 22.7.2019.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9427 — The Carlyle Group/Forgital Italy) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-08-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: aeronautical industry, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, metallurgical industry








C_2019318EN.01000102.xml










23.9.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 318/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9427 — The Carlyle Group/Forgital Italy)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 318/02)
On 23 August 2019, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32019M9427. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-585/19: Action brought on 23 August 2019 — EJ v EIB
Date: 2019-08-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, allowances and expenses, child, family benefit, health insurance, illness, indemnification








C_2019363EN.01002201.xml










28.10.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 363/22






Action brought on 23 August 2019 — EJ v EIB
(Case T-585/19)
(2019/C 363/30)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: EJ (represented by: L. Levi and A. Blot, lawyers)

Defendant: European Investment Bank

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


declare the present action admissible and well founded




consequently:






—


annul the decision of 16 February 2018 limiting to 18 months the retroactive entitlement to the payment of travel expenses incurred because of the serious illness of the applicant’s daughter and the decision of 23 March 2018 limiting to 5 years the retroactive entitlement to double dependent child allowance;










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in so far as is necessary, annul the decision of 14 May 2019 confirming those decisions;










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order payment of compensation for the material and non-material damage suffered;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging infringement of Article 2.2.3 of the administrative provisions and Article 1 of the HIS’s reimbursement ceilings, and manifest error of assessment










2.


Second plea in law, alleging infringement of the duty to have regard for the welfare of officials and the principle of sound administration.
The applicant also seeks an order requiring the defendant to pay the double dependent child allowance for the period from 1 September 2007 to 31 May 2012 and payment of travel costs incurred on account of the serious illness of the applicant’s daughter from 1 September 2007 to 18 February 2018, the amounts due to be increased by default interest at the rate of the European Central Bank plus two percentage points. Lastly, the applicant seeks compensation for the non-material damage suffered, assessed at EUR 2 000.
Case T-582/19: Action brought on 23 August 2019 – Victoria's Secret Stores Brand Management v EUIPO – Lacoste (LOVE PINK)
Date: 2019-08-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cosmetic product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2019348EN.01001702.xml










14.10.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 348/17






Action brought on 23 August 2019 – Victoria's Secret Stores Brand Management v EUIPO – Lacoste (LOVE PINK)
(Case T-582/19)
(2019/C 348/18)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Victoria's Secret Stores Brand Management, Inc. (Reynoldsburg, Ohio, United States) (represented by: J. Dickerson, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Lacoste SA (Paris, France)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark LOVE PINK – Application for registration No 11 853 389

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 May 2019 in Case R 1078/2018-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


partially annul the contested decision, namely as far as it relates to the ground of opposition based on Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR;










—


authorize for the registration of European Union trade mark Application No 11 853 389;










—


order the Defendant to pay the costs of the action.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Art 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9438 — Engie/BPCE Group/PSFV Palma del Río) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-08-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, electricity supply, energy production, energy supply, gas industry, investment company, merger control, power plant








C_2019294EN.01000101.xml










2.9.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 294/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9438 — Engie/BPCE Group/PSFV Palma del Río)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 294/01)
On 23 August 2019, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32019M9438. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.